IC 1652
IC 1652
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1652 as it looked roughly 241 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 399Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 468Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 382Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 410Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 472Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 468Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 382Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 410Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 472Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).